WCAX.COM Local Vermont News, Weather and Sports-N.H. Discrimination, Gay Marriage Bills Panned by Committee
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Concord, New Hampshire - April 24, 2009
A New Hampshire Senate committee voted unanimously to recommend killing legislation extending anti-discrimination protections to transgender people.
The Senate Judiciary Committee will send the bill to the Senate for a final vote next week.
The committee said the state's Human Rights Commission should be able to handle discrimination complaints filed by transgender individuals.
That committee also recommended that the Legislature reject legalizing gay marriage in New Hampshire.
Democratic Committee Chairwoman Deborah Reynolds, a Democrat, said she doesn't think New Hampshire is ready for gay marriage. However, the state approved civil unions in 2007.
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